Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down |
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Ex-beauty queen, former Wasilla High School basketball star and a one-time journalist became a longshot candidate for the Alaska governor in 2006. Now, the 42-year old Sarah Palin is the vice presidential pick for John McCain in 2008. Sarah burst into the political scene in Alaska with her demand for higher ethical in state government, and surprised everyone by becoming Alaska's first female chief executive and its youngest ever.
She rides in the Iron Dog every year, a 2000 mile long race in a snow machine. She is an experienced hunter and has filled her family's freezer with more than one moose. Read this book to learn more about the woman who is now one of the most spoken-about women in the world as the presidential election is on the way in 2008.